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The RJD leader raised the issue on the floor of the assembly, close on the heels of CBI and ED crackdown on party supremo Lalu Prasad, Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, and former Chief Minister Rabri Devi.

Former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, who was ousted from the AIADMK days ago, has been removed from his position of deputy floor leader in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, the party announced on Tuesday.

Ajit Pawar, a senior leader of Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party took oath as the Deputy of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday- more than a month after he had sided with the BJP and became the deputy of Devendra Fadnavis. Mr Thackeray's cabinet will also include his son Aaditya Thackeray, who is taking oath along with 3...

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar will make a dramatic return as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra today, sources have said, adding that today will also see an expansion of the state cabinet that currently has only six members in addition to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Mr Pawar's likely return comes a little over a month af...

Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray is set to be the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra after the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis ended his 80-hour second term before facing a floor test ordered by the Supreme Court. Mr Fadnavis resigned shortly after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar quit as his deputy, unable to win over MLAs to help the BJ...

Short of numbers, BS Yeddyurappa may have quit as Karnataka Chief Minister two days after he was sworn in but the BJP it seems hasn't given up hope of forming the government. "We are 100 per cent sure we will be able to form the government," said Shobha Karandlaje, a BJP parliamentarian from the state and an aide of Mr Yeddyurappa.

JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy sworn-in as the chief minister of Karnataka along with his deputy G Parameshwara, the Karnataka Congress chief. Karnataka sees its second swearing-in ceremony in less than a week after BJP's BS Yeddyurappa resigned on Saturday minutes before the floor test in the state assembly.

In a discussion before a trust vote that he won with ease today, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made a very short speech. He spoke for only about 12 minutes, rejecting with unusual brevity the allegation of opportunism made by new leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav, Mr Kumar's deputy till two days ago, who spoke for 40 minutes. Mr Yadav later a...

The DMDK members led by its Deputy Floor Leader Alagaapuram R Mohanraj today staged a walk out in the Tamil Nadu Assembly after they were denied permission to offer their views during a debate on demand for grants of Revenue Department.

DMK Deputy floor leader in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Durai Murugan, was today suspended for five working days, while the party's floor leader MK Stalin was issued a strong warning by Speaker P Dhanapal.

The RJD leader raised the issue on the floor of the assembly, close on the heels of CBI and ED crackdown on party supremo Lalu Prasad, Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, and former Chief Minister Rabri Devi.

Former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, who was ousted from the AIADMK days ago, has been removed from his position of deputy floor leader in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, the party announced on Tuesday.

Ajit Pawar, a senior leader of Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party took oath as the Deputy of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday- more than a month after he had sided with the BJP and became the deputy of Devendra Fadnavis. Mr Thackeray's cabinet will also include his son Aaditya Thackeray, who is taking oath along with 3...

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar will make a dramatic return as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra today, sources have said, adding that today will also see an expansion of the state cabinet that currently has only six members in addition to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Mr Pawar's likely return comes a little over a month af...

Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray is set to be the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra after the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis ended his 80-hour second term before facing a floor test ordered by the Supreme Court. Mr Fadnavis resigned shortly after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar quit as his deputy, unable to win over MLAs to help the BJ...

Short of numbers, BS Yeddyurappa may have quit as Karnataka Chief Minister two days after he was sworn in but the BJP it seems hasn't given up hope of forming the government. "We are 100 per cent sure we will be able to form the government," said Shobha Karandlaje, a BJP parliamentarian from the state and an aide of Mr Yeddyurappa.

JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy sworn-in as the chief minister of Karnataka along with his deputy G Parameshwara, the Karnataka Congress chief. Karnataka sees its second swearing-in ceremony in less than a week after BJP's BS Yeddyurappa resigned on Saturday minutes before the floor test in the state assembly.

In a discussion before a trust vote that he won with ease today, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made a very short speech. He spoke for only about 12 minutes, rejecting with unusual brevity the allegation of opportunism made by new leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav, Mr Kumar's deputy till two days ago, who spoke for 40 minutes. Mr Yadav later a...

The DMDK members led by its Deputy Floor Leader Alagaapuram R Mohanraj today staged a walk out in the Tamil Nadu Assembly after they were denied permission to offer their views during a debate on demand for grants of Revenue Department.

DMK Deputy floor leader in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Durai Murugan, was today suspended for five working days, while the party's floor leader MK Stalin was issued a strong warning by Speaker P Dhanapal.